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Digital Cypress Sculpt WIP ๐ฎ (moodity warning)
🕑 Added 2025-01-24 08:14:15 +0000 UTCHey guys! Just another update on the digital sculpt of the moo man! I've gone over a lot of different areas (basically the whole body) to refine the anatomy. Specifically in the face though, I had to alter the angle of the orbital areas of the face, sort of "flattening" it a bit, like you might see on a dog. The reason being that when I added the details to the eyes, it made him look cross-eyed while looking straight ahead lol. It's funny, because my drawings of him actually have that implemented, but for some reason I didn't clue in on the sculpture until I was working on that area. Either way, it looks a lot more like Cypress now ๐
The hair was interesting dilemma. I think part of it was due to not knowing how to actually tackle it in the app, but the other part was from deciding if I wanted to stylize it, or go more realistic, or maybe even statuesque. In the end, I went with what was closest to my drawing style and chose to stylize it a bit. Next was the technical aspect. I looked around on Youtube for some tutorials, but none of them were really showing what I was looking for, until I came across this tutorial here on how to do fur clumps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xys07wE3E3k&list=LL&index=2&pp=gAQBiAQB
It was exactly what I was looking for, and the technical side to it wasn't too complicated! The only thing was that by the nature of the technique it ended up taking quite a bit of time lol. It's fine though, because in the end, having control over every clump of hair allowed me to be very deliberate in how they were placed, while also focussing on the silhouette. ๐
Also, since I'm sharing tutorials, these were the first two I'd watched, to be able to even navigate the app in the first place. Both by Dave Reed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Qak3b0bPE&list=LL&index=6&t=450s&pp=gAQBiAQB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZLg7shuCc&list=LL&index=5&pp=gAQBiAQB
They basically go over the process, showing a bit of how the interface works in a hands on manner, and also how to organize everything throughout the process. They were pretty easy to understand, and for a beginner like myself, pretty essential for getting through the first stage of working on this. ๐
I think I'll leave it there though! I've included a bunch of screenshots of different angles this time, as well as a much longer turntable animation, with many more angles. ๐ฎโจ
Thanks again and please enjoy! ๐๐
Comments
Lithic
I'm curious to know when you paint and sculpt your characters, were you derive inspiration for body proportions and muscle size. Your characters seem to have the "golden era" of body building composition but slightly more pronounced / larger muscle mass . Unlike todays body builders resemble unbound masses of muscles trained to look as large as possible, which lacks the a more natural and beautiful aesthetic. Regardless I love seeing your characters, they give me so much motivation in the gym!
Chris
This is looking so good!!! I canโt wait to see how the finished version looks ๐ itโs amazing youโre figuring it out as you go ๐
Jezz
The quadriceps ๐
kuroson
now paint it ! (think NomadSculpt has a quick and dirty way for painting) >:3
DerpyDrake
Keep it up Taran!
Chips
For a first time digital sculpt this is insanely good! Great work! I hope you continue to give this medium a try, if you ever need to have this model retopologized and with UVs I could help you with that, it would be great to see you do some texture painting on this guy
JD
Tasteful and elegant
Budge
I'm in awe of your progress with what is essentially a new medium. He's so much more Cypress than the last update! ๐ Thank you for sharing the tutorials you used as well! I'm surprised at what you can do in an iPad app and I'm tempted to look into it myself
The Littlest Pitbull
Dear Lord, he's anatomically correct!
hirumono
Wonderful work! Are you sure it's your first?? ๐ It's interesting how he's less massive than your other works, also he looks younger. Legs are super, by the way! (He's a bit... small in the way of his... ahem... maybe it's the cold?? ๐)
Hash
HE LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL TARN OH MY GOSH I LOVE HIM SO MUCH ๐ญ๐ค๐ค๐ค I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SLEEP BUT SEEING HIM IS GONNA MAKE MY SLEEP A BILLION TIMES BETTER THANK U, UR DOING INCREDIBLE BUD KEEP IT UP!!!
